maple leaves drifting…
a missing girl poster peels
from the gray street-wall
Writer’s Digest (Dec. 2, 2011)
One Man's Maple Moon: Empty Sky and Snow Tanka by Izumi Shikibu
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*English Original*
Why did you vanish
into empty sky?
Even the fragile snow,
when it falls,
falls in this world.
*The Ink Dark Moon*, 1990
Izumi Shikibu
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